Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Deuteronomy 10-13 We often sing one of the great hymns of the faith entitled “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.” We may have sung this hymn without realizing that the writer did not invent those phrases; he was merely quoting Scripture… quoting the prophet Jeremiah, in fact. What is noteworthy about those…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Peter 4-5 Yesterday, we were challenged by Dr. David Gibbs III from Acts 4. These early church heroes endured amazing hardship in order to spread the amazing gospel of Jesus Christ. Their perspective was eternally focused, and certainly not fixated on the temporal. You probably have never heard…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Ecclesiastes 7-8 Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule:Zachariah 1-7 Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule:Acts 15-16 I have been spending much time in the preaching this year reminding us of the importance of an eternal perspective to our everyday living. It is not uncommon to find people who treat serious matters lightly while holding…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 131-133 The more a believer matures spiritually, the more childlike his faith will become. Growing to trust God involves assuming many of the qualities of a young child who looks to his parents with an unquestioning acceptance and unwavering reliance. This is not to say that believers should be…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Ezra 1-5 From the viewpoint of ordinary human beings, life appears governed by power and wealth, by international relationships built on confusing alliances of greed and self-interest, and by policies that come and go without enduring purpose. It probably seemed so to those who lived around the Mediterranean Sea and…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Deuteronomy 5-9 Although we are often struck by the enormity and complexity of the truths contained in Scripture, God’s Word from time to time crystallizes vast concepts into brief, pithy statements. What Jesus called “the first and greatest commandment” is one of these. “And thou shalt love the LORD thy…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Peter 1-3 Chapter two logically flows out of chapter one and is connected to it with the word therefore which draws the reader back to the subject of the Word of God. The Word of God was the content of Peter’s preaching. The life-changing power of the Word must…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Haggai1-2 Saturday: Sunday: Haggai’s second message is marked by the characteristic phrase, the word of the Lord came.” Following God takes courage. Fifteen years earlier, this same group had been forced to shut down work on the temple because of opposition from enemies and slanderous accusations made against them to…
